Bruette
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Good morning y'all. 31° and sunny.
Louis: Thanks for the profile on Mr. Hyde. Was Buck fired or did he quit in disgust? Problem with the Orioles is ownership and management. Problem with baseball, (and other sports), boils down to team ownership and management plus direction by TV network money. MLB has probably lost me as a follower, I just couldn't get into it last year.
Buck's contract was not renewed. In other words, he was fired. Buck was put into a bad situation, he wanted to emphasize defense and relief pitching with the money they had to spend. While hoping the young starters would be ready. He ended up with hitters that could not hit or catch a cold and starters that never figured out how to become pitchers. The GM and the manager have to have the same goals or you end up with the worst record in the team's history, like last year.
The Orioles ownership has for the most part stayed out of the day to day management of the team, but the budget they set is making it difficult to compete. That and they need to give one man complete control. No more rival theories, please!
My hope is we can develop more young talent. The trades at the deadline last year gave us many prospects. I think it's reasonable to hope for a 500 club. Maybe we can pull off another 1989 or even better.
Greed is Killing the game, but many teams are limiting spending.
On the other hand even the Evil Empire (Yankees) have stopped spending stupid money. No worries the Phillies, Dodgers and others are still prepared to spend stupid money this offseason.
MLB is willingly losing the young people, that is what worries me the most.